OSP & Videogames: An introduction
Watch the YouTube video outlining the history of the videogames industry from the 1970s to the 2010s. Now answer the following questions: 1) What were the first videogames like? The first video games were born upon mighty post-war mainframes which was designed for rapid code breaking. For example, the 1958's Tennis For Two which was a simple two-player Tennis simulation built for an analogue machine. 2) How have videogames changed over time? Video games have changed over time because since the 70's teenagers had to go to arcade stores to play games by putting money into them. Now in the 21 century, teenagers can now stay at home with there own luxuries and play video games by just putting a disc into there console and start playing instead of putting coins into a machine and playing. 3) What do the most successful games have in common? Answer this in as much detail as you can. Think about audience pleasures - what do people like about playing videogames?# ...